Mont-Laurier
Town · Quebec · Population 14,180
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.4% · 2016: 36.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.3%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.7%2016: 21.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.3%2016: 31.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.2%2016: 21.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.9%2011: 22.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.8%2011: 29.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 8.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.8%2016: 35.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.9%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22%2016: 23.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.6%2016: 16.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.5%2016: 30.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.9%2016: 17%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17%2016: 12.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.1%2016: 81%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%20.8%2016: 18.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.9%2016: 98.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.4%2016: 1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.3%2016: 63.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.7%2016: 36.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.7%2016: 61.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.7%2016: 2.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.1%2016: 10.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.5%2016: 22.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 2.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 92.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.1%2016: 6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021